Finding Fault With the SF Nitpickers
It used to be that if a genre movie didn’t make sense to you on some level, you might just turn to someone afterwards and say “Hold on. Is it just me or was that […]
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Preview Review: Altered States of the Union – What America Could Be
Preview of the upcoming crowdfunded anthology
SF and F Scribes, Scribblers – and Scrivener
Writing tools for writers: Dodd’s and friends take a look at Scrivener.
May’s Writing Prompt: Locked In
You can check out any time you’d like, but you don’t want to leave (apology to The Eagles)
Cameo Creeps: Tiny Paintings With Monster Details!
Fascinating collectible miniature monster paintings with amazing detail and bone-chilling appeal! Cameo Creeps are painstakingly detailed miniature monster portraits inspired by Elizabethan paintings of the past. What makes these unique and fascinating is their size. […]
REVIEWS: WHY I HUNT FLYING SAUCERS by Hugh A.D. Spencer AND 11.22.63; AND A CALL TO ROBERT A. HEINLEIN FANS!
This week, Steve reviews a new, upcoming book by Hugh A.D. Spencer, the second episode of 11.22.63 on Hulu, and tells of a unique offer for Robert A. Heinlein fans. (Check out the final photo!)
Review – Zen of the Dead, ed. Lester Smith
This year’s Zen of the Dead includes more fiction than previous years
Cosmocáspsula Ep. 3 – Audio cuento: “Una simple negociación” por Edher Juárez López
Cosmocapsula presents the audio story – A Simple Negotiation
The Changing Horizon: A Brief Summary of Chinese SF in Year 2015
An excellent summary of Science Fiction in China, 2015
MAGAZINE REVIEW: F&SF FOR JAN/FEB 2016
The January/February issue of The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction (F&SF) is under review by Steve, who likes it a lot, even though a couple of the stories kind of depressed him. You will probably like it too!
Cosmocápsula goes Amazing Ep 2. Audio short story: “Gamma” by Wole Talabi (Nigeria) – International science fiction
Cosmocapsula Goes Amazing Podcast – international SF
BOOK REVIEW: CHILDHOOD’S END by Arthur C. Clarke
In advance of the SyFy mini-series of Arthur C. Clarke’s classic “Childhood’s End,” Steve reviews the actual book and finds it worth a read!
Cosmocápsula goes Amazing, (Español) Episodio 1: Entrevista a Laura Ponce, editora de la revista de ciencia ficción Próxima
David Perez Marulanda delivers Amazing Stories’s first ever podcast with an interview with Laura Ponce, Spanish Woman of Wonder!
Cosplay vs. Inspirations, Side-by-side Comparisons
Being a member of several groups that enjoy cosplay, costuming, etc., does give access to a world of lively discussions. One recent discussion which came about on a Facebook group for the UK-based con, MCM, […]
Promotional audio: Podcast, Cosmocápsula goes Amazing, with science fiction from around the world
Cosmocapsula launches a new podcast for Amazing Stories
Promo: Podcast, Cosmocápsula goes Amazing, ciencia ficción alderedor del mundo
Este es el promo del podcast de ciencia ficción Cosmocápsula goes Amazing, un programa dedicado a la ciencia ficción que se produce alrededor del mundo, con episodios en inglés y en español.
Short Story Review: ‘If on a Winter’s Night a Traveller’, by Xia Jia
Shaoyan Hu reviews the latest Chinese SF in translation from Clarke’s World magazine.
BOOK REVIEW: SATURN RUN by John Sandford and Ctein
Steve picks up and reviews a brand-new hard SF book—a thriller—by best-selling mystery writer John Sandford and SF pro artist & photographer Ctein, and finds it a fast, fun read!
VCON, HOWDERSHELT REVIEW AND MORE ON SELF-PUBLISHING!
This week, Steve hypes his local convention and talks to best-selling ebook writer Ed Howdershelt, plus there’s advice on writing and selling ebooks!
The 1941 Retro Hugo Awards (Part 2 – The Authors)
Every single author writing professionally in the field in 1940.
REALLY “REACHING”—Jack Reacher is NOT SF/F! (Book Review)
Steve wonders whether the non-SF/F series about Jack Reacher, by Lee Child, could actually be an “underground” SF/F series. Hmmm.
LESLIE CHARTERIS’S “AMAZING” SAINT
Is it old? Is it new? Is it even SF/F? Steve examines the ever-popular Saint series by Leslie Charteris.
Finalist for Chinese Nebula Awards 2015
Chinese works receive over 50,000 votes for the Chinese Nebula awards, 2015.
Derivative Works of Liu Cixin’s The Three-Body Problem
Liu Cixin’s International Best Seller has created a franchise
AN ANNIVERSARY and a FUN BOOK (Review): “JUSTICE GIRL”
After congratulating himself on his 40 years doing conventions, Steve discusses a quasi-SF-ish book about superheroes on TV in the 1950s. It’s fun!
About Author
Steve has been an active fan since the 1970s, when he founded the Palouse Empire Science Fiction Association and the more-or-less late MosCon in Pullman, WA and Moscow, ID, though he started reading SF/F in the early-to-mid 1950s, when he was just a sprat. He moved to Canada in 1985 and quickly became involved with Canadian cons, including ConText (’89 and ’81) and VCON. He’s published a couple of books and a number of short stories, and has collaborated with his two-time Aurora-winning wife Lynne Taylor Fahnestalk on a number of art projects. As of this writing he’s the proofreader for R. Graeme Cameron’s Polar Borealis and Polar Starlight publications. He’s been writing for Amazing Stories off and on since the early 1980s. His column can be found on Amazing Stories most Fridays.
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